Interconnection gets $50M in bill heading to full Senate

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved Thursday $50 million toward a new interconnection system for public broadcasting, in addition to level funding for CPB of $445 million.

Pat Butler, president of America’s Public Television Stations, noted the “broad support for this funding among both Republican and Democratic members of the committee,” which approved the Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations bill by a vote of 29-1.

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